Potowomut River
Coordinates: 41°39′18″N 71°24′31″W / 41.6550°N 71.4087°W
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The Potowomut River is a tidal extension of the Hunt River in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.[1] It runs approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km).[2]
Course[]
The river begins in name just south of Old Forge Road in Warwick where the river becomes the southern boundary of Potowomut Neck, an exclave of Warwick. It flows roughly northeast between Warwick and North Kingstown until its mouth at Narragansett Bay.
Crossings[]
Old Forge Road in Warwick is the only crossing over the Potowomut River.
Tributaries[]
The Potowomut River has no named or unnamed tributaries.
See also[]
- List of rivers in Rhode Island
- Hunt River
- Narragansett Bay
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Potowomut River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
Categories:
- Rivers of Kent County, Rhode Island
- East Greenwich, Rhode Island
- Warwick, Rhode Island
- Rivers of Rhode Island
- Northeastern United States river stubs
- Rhode Island geography stubs